From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 13 16:12:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6918516A4CE for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:12:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.18.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D41243D5E for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:12:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: (qmail 3538 invoked from network); 13 May 2005 16:12:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([pbs]775067@[83.129.32.87]) (envelope-sender ) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 13 May 2005 16:12:44 -0000 Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 18:12:43 +0200 From: Fabian Keil To: Ted Faber Message-ID: <20050513181243.6c675a93@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050513005727.GA1000@pun.isi.edu> References: <20050512173652.GB1858@pun.isi.edu> <017301c5571c$de783d90$0300a8c0@COMETE> <20050513005727.GA1000@pun.isi.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Damien Bergamini cc: damien@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwi fatal error on Dell Inspiron 6000 (debug info attached) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 16:12:47 -0000 Ted Faber wrote: > On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 08:02:55PM +0200, Damien Bergamini wrote: > > for 2915ABG adapters, you need to run: > > > > % ifconfig iwi0 mode 11g > > > > before setting an IP address. > > > > the firmware crashes when scanning in the 5GHz band (802.11a). > > i'm working on a fix. > > I thought I sent this, but I don't see it in my out box, nor have I seen > it come back in. Apologies if this is a resend. > > This improved matters a great deal for me, but I'm still unable to > associate with a wep protected network (128-bit key), though it works > like a charm for unprotected nets. I used the same ifconfig parameters > on the iwi NIC that work for a Cisco 350 cardbus card on the protected > network, but it fails to associate. The debug output enabled by the > sysctls indicates that the iwi hears a lot of stations announce > themselves, but none get associated. As I say, the Cisco card on the > same machine associates properly (the cisco's an 11b, but the iwi fails > on 11b or 11g. I associated successfully with an unlocked network in > 11b mode with the iwi, so I think that's working). > > The params are: wepmode on wepkey "13-char-string" weptxkey 1. That's > after a separate ifconfig setting the mode above. > > Any words of wisdom? Should I specify the key differently to the iwi > (though ifconfig reports the value I expect)? Can I give you more info? man ifconfig says: For maximum portability, hex keys are recom- mended; the mapping of text keys to WEP encryption is usually driver-specific. In particular, the Windows drivers do this map- ping differently to FreeBSD. Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/